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Dear Editor,

Madame Pat Underdown gave a stunning presentation of her mediumship at the step-lift restoration appeal clairvoyant evening, and even donated her fee to the project.

Courtesy of the Masonic Hall, Folkestone, the premises too were given free!

All one-hundred and twenty who attended agreed that the step-lift carriage must be restored at all costs and brought back for the next generation, because twenty-first century architecture like Bouverie Square consist of shapeless, shameful structures, which leaves nothing distinctive for the next generation!

Praise too must go to the trading community of Sandgate Road who never hesitated in displaying one of our posters for the carriage appeal. Thirty one shops in all responded positively free!

The compassion continued to flow that evening like a spring stream with a total profit of £600.

Yours in amazement,

Robert Mouland

on behalf of the 1890 Leas Lift Carriage Restoration Appeal team.

Any readers wishing to contribute to this privately funded charity - 1890 Leas lift step carriage restoration appeal group - can make donations to HSBC Bank account number 21433784, sort code 40-21-15.
 

The generosity of visitors to the Trucks'n' Tracks 2007 show held at the Leas Cliff Hall in February, has helped raise more funds for the Save the Leas Lift Campaign.

A total of £39 was collected for the 1890 Leas Lift Carriage Restoration Appeal.

It is hoped a clairvoyant evening will also help the appeal in reaching  its target. 

The Folkestone Spiritualist Church are holding the event with Pat Underdown on 30 March at 7.30pm in the Masonic Hall, Grace Hill, Folkestone.

Admission is £5.00 and refreshments will be available after the meeting.

For anyone else who might like to contribute to this worthwhile cause, we would remind readers that the 1890 Leas lift step carriage restoration appeal group is a privately funded charity, and donations can be made to HSBC Bank account number 21433784, sort code 40-21-15.

Many of the services at Folkestone's Royal Victoria Hospital are to be retained, following a meeting of Shepway Council’s Community Overview Committee on Monday (19 February)

Committee members have welcomed assurances that 42 services currently provided at the hospital will be retained. The assurances were given at a meeting of the committee by Matthew Kershaw, Chief Operating Officer and Howard Jones, Director of Facilities, from the East Kent Hospitals Trust.

Both had been invited to answer councillors’ questions following concerns about the future of health services at the Royal Victoria Hospital if the disposal of the site goes ahead. The meeting on Monday (19 February) had been arranged following a meeting of the full council in January which had asked the committee to question the running costs that have been cited as a reason for the decision to dispose of the site, look at alternative solutions to disposal and seek an assurance that if the site is redeveloped, it remains a centre of health services in Shepway.

Committee chairman, Cllr Paul Marsh, said he was very pleased that representatives from the East Kent Hospitals Trust had been able to attend and to answer members’ questions.

“We welcome the assurances we were given,” he said: “These were:
• 42 services currently provided at the Royal Victoria Hospital will be retained on site
• no changes to the location of services within the RVH site will happen for a year to 18 months
• there will be no interruption to the provision of services during the transition 
• The capital receipts and revenue savings would not be used to plug deficits but would be used to improve services to residents in East Kent.

“The committee was also able to make it clear that it strongly believes the Derry Unit, with 40 per cent of its patients coming from the Shepway area, should remain at The Royal Victoria Hospital,” he said.

The committee will prepare a full report for a meeting of the full council in April.